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Emission accomplished. We learned over the weekend that Mark Foley waited until at least one former page was 21 years old until he started having man-on-boyman sex with him. That clears up the question of whether the cybersecurity watchdog's mission was ever accomplished — his personal mission, that is. The answer is yes, yes, God, yes!

Meanwhile, the other "Mission Accomplished" guy has of course achieved his personal mission. Like Foley, Bush has gotten his rocks off over his own fetish: removing Saddam Hussein from power. And once again we see that what the GOP politician says his mission is, and what his mission actually is, are two very different things. He says he wants to spread freedom and democracy and fight terrorism, but what he really wants is to act out a family vendetta and show up his wimp daddy.

These two men — Foley and Bush — are cut from the same cloth. And today, this very day on which we learn of North Korea's entry into the Nuclear Club, represents the complete melding of Foley-Bush as emblematic of modern Republicans. They pretend to protect our children, or our nation, and simply refuse to do it. They pretend to be Christian. They pretend to have compassion. They pretend to strategize about wars and economies and disaster preparedness.

The GOP is the party of saying one thing, and doing its opposite. That's why Foley is still relevant: he is the patron saint, the living symbol, of the complete and utter failure of the Republican Party.

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